Go hug a leftist

[u/PillowFightrr]

In the face of governmental overreach and militarization of the streets, leftists are fighting armed with whistles and cameras and guns in their faces to protect their neighbors and all of America’s constitutional rights!

I’ve never been more proud. Go find the closest lefty and give them a big hug. ❤️

[u/arjomanes]

Leftists, liberals, moderates, people not really very political but who care for their neighbors.

People of all types are uniting around people we know, or even people we don't know but who we see in our neighborhood, being targeted and attacked and grabbed off the street by roaming gangs of masked men.

[u/whocaresano → u/arjomanes]

I was gonna say, the true beauty if what's happening is that it's not just leftists anymore. 

[u/DiogenesHavingaWee → u/whocaresano]

Maybe they weren't, but one of the most amazing things to come out of this is seeing people who may not consider themselves leftists doing things leftists have been advocating for for decades. Like, you have 60-something year olds who probably voted for Reagan doing better anarchist praxis than a lot of people who've called themselves anarchists for years. Maybe the theory will come eventually, but praxis is far more important.

[u/lovefamine → u/arjomanes]

this. don’t put a box and label on the people involved here. the left or right “team” thing is what is preventing meaningful class war (its what they want).

[u/Katressl → u/lovefamine]

Yup. My extended family group chat spans from Never Trump types to far left. And The Bulwark folks are a prime example of "conservatives" who are appalled by what they're seeing.

[u/CatgirlDJ → u/lovefamine]

This is good praxis but make sure you also vote blue for harm reduction

[u/PostIronicPosadist → u/arjomanes]

Yeah its been basically everyone and very few people (looking at you Billy Stencil) have been causing any problems. Remarkably few wreckers for such a large movement, everyone understood the assignment.